The Road Ahead

We all depend on safe roads, but ours are at risk.

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Without needed funding, our roads will suffer.

Clackamas County is at the crossroads of a serious, and very expensive, problem. The county is facing a $17 million annual shortfall for essential road maintenance, due to rapidly escalating costs and the loss of stable funding.

Because the cost of restoring a degraded road is 10 times more than preventive maintenance, our problem becomes bigger by the year and has now reached a critical state.

Delaying maintenance will come at a high price. But the highest price of all will be the safety of our roads.

Smooth pavement, well-marked intersections, unobstructed sight lines and clear lane markings are all critical to maintaining safe roads. Clackamas County lacks the funds to continue maintenance at an appropriate level.

We need to find stable local funding to protect the safety and convenience of our roads, avoid a huge future financial burden, reduce the wear and tear on cars, and protect property values.

Road Funding by the Numbers

$17,000,000

The total annual funding gap

These funds are needed for maintaining current service levels and for paving and preservation projects.

Featured Project: Prosperity Park

Prosperity Park in the Stafford area is a good example of a road that desperately needs preventive maintenance work to avoid further deterioration and costly reconstruction later.

Because of special one-time funding, Prosperity Park will be repaved in spring 2015. The number of roads that need this type of preventive treatment far exceeds what can be funded by the County’s budget.